blitzar

English

Etymology

Blend of blitz +‎ star. Proposed in 2013 by Heino Falcke and Luciano Rezzolla. Analyzable as blitz +‎ -ar.

Noun

blitzar (plural blitzars)

1. (astronomy, neologism) A phenomenon that emits a fast radio burst.
2. (astronomy, neologism) The object type that generates the phenomenon which emits the burst.

Hypernyms

• fast radio burst (FRB)

 

Related terms

• blazar (blazing star (blazing quasi-star))
• collapsar (collapsed star)
• magnetar (magnetic star)
• pulsar (pulsing star)
• quasar (quasi-star)

 

See also

• Blitzer
• blitzer